Hold on there. Jimmy Carter was a naval officer on nuclear submarines, and he could not pronounce "nuclear" correctly. Neither could Bush 43. But how much of that is due to accent/dialect? (Notwithstanding the comments about Bush 43's intelligence).

Consider "ain't" and "fixin' to" which are becoming (unfortunately, from my view) accepted idioms in our American-ized version of English. My 3rd grade teacher is flipping over in her grave, no doubt.

When I was in grade school, I had a fear of not getting my grammar and spelling correct. Pride in my work was something instilled in me from an early age.

T-shirts today like "Underachiever, and PROUD of it" used to annoy and scare me until I realized that it's actually a form of job security for me as I get older. I was once worried that noone would hire me after age 50. Not anymore! With today's youth (most of them, anyway), I can rest easy knowing that there are very few twenty-somethings who do NOT have an entitlement attitude or a bad attitude or a chip on the shoulder. Never mind the spelling/grammar issues.

Hey, I am nothing to write home about...but I can say I try 100% in my work output.

OK, back to the rig. I hear Vlad Boyko on 17 meter CW, SU9VB, and I need a QSL on that band for my DXCC credits.

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